On foreign policy and security policy, he is a Centrist (I think of it more as him being a pragmatist, because he knows he will be a one term president if he fails to protect the country), as you have demonstrated.
Say what you like, Obama is a radical Leftist on social policy. He is in the process of undoing everything that has been done since Reagan to limit the size of the federal government. He is setting the stage for fully socialized healthcare. He is undoing the welfare reforms enacted under Clinton. He is creating a tax and spend policy framework akin to the socialist economies of Europe. He is taking a HUGE gamble that all of this stuff will pay off in 2-3 years with big increases in productivity, but as Europe's experiences have demonstrated, higher taxes and spending leads to lower growth, not higher growth. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Judah M wrote: > > I think you don't know where the left is. Obama made a moderate lurch > to the Center. He's still got lots and lots of room over on the left > and I don't think he'll be heading there. Witness his continuation of > the State Secrets Privilege defense in the illegal wiretapping case in > the 9th Circuit Court and his continuation of third party rendition > with only the promise of "we won't torture him, honest injun". His > national health care proposal? Tepid at best. Where was the bold > progressive policy in his stimulus bill, like an honest investment in > a national rail infrastructure? Nowhere. > > Obama's no Leftist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
